1 yearYou should comply with all entry, visa and other conditions of entry. The authorities in the U.S. set and enforce entry rules strictly. You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules.
You may be arrested by men without badges in plain clothes for almost any reason… This is normal there. So perhaps just don’t go.
- chrisbtoo@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
First time I ever went there (1997) I landed at Boston Logan Airport, and a guy in plain clothes, but with a gun, stopped everyone who was departing the plane and repeatedly yelled out “American citizens this way, foreigners line up against the wall!”.
I never once felt safe going there, and was always relieved when I got out alive. Decided a few years ago that I’ll never set foot in the US again.
- Grimtuck@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
I had to wait for 2 hours while my friend was questioned because his girlfriend mum lives in Greece and he’d gone there a few times. The worst border control in the world. Makes you feel like a criminal as soon as you arrive. Now it’s much worse. I won’t be going to the US until they grow the fuck up.
Edit: my first time in the US I cracked a joke at border control. No sense of humour at all. If I go under the current administration I’ll be seen right back because trump is a total piece of shit.
- deeferg@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
Went to a music show around 2022 and was in the middle of the crowd when they put an alert up on the big screen telling everyone to stay calm with the grateful dead bears and all I could think was “must be someone with a gun if they’re being so nonchalant about it”. No calls to evacuate, just “everyone chill out, we got another one”.
Didn’t really give me a warm and safe feeling, and have no interest to go back regardless of who is in power because of it.
- shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
But what actually happened? That is not how Americans react to an active shooter, no nonchalance about it.
- deeferg@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
I was deep in the crowd, and the way it was put up on the screen made it seem like a “don’t worry about it guys, we figured it out!” Before we knew what it was and I didn’t want to stick around to find out after the show.
- scholar@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
The AI has done an impressive job of the state borders, and I think that some of the names are an improvement
- 1 year
“Ceparoo” is indeed a great state!
Also I like that it settled the dumb “Gulf of Mexico” thing. I think we can all be happy with “Martnla”. - 1 year
I experimented wiith mixing Bee and distilled alcohol. The results were hilarious.
I guess you had to Bether
Not a lot of people know that bicycles are made of Gorpium. But now they do.
- Danquebec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 year
Sinogen… this is the stuff Chinese people are made of. That’s how you create Chinese people.
- davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
I’m surprised it got the right picture (and spelling) for Argon - which is in fact used in incandescent bulbs to reduce the filament’s evaporation. Got a few obvious ones correct also. (Love the Hindenburg)
Meanwhile Selenium… How Ironic.
- 1 year
Wow, that really is listed as an element. I’m learning so much!
- scholar@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
Hundreds of thousands of maps of the US, tens of images with pindrops, and uncountable cartoon/comic artists for the overall style
- 1 year
This. Is. Hilarious… ugh. No, actually, this is terrible and not funny…
